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S 1140 118th Congress Senate Health

Ensuring Access to General Surgery Act of 2023

Introduced: March 30, 2023 Introduced by: Schatz, Brian Democratic · Hawaii See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Mar 30, 2023
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Ensuring Access to General Surgery Act of 2023

This bill requires the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to study access by underserved populations to general surgeons.

Specifically, HRSA must study (1) whether the health professional shortage area designation under the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) program accurately assesses adequacy of access to general surgeons, (2) whether another measure would be more accurate, and (3) potential methodologies for designating general surgery shortage areas. (The NHSC provides scholarships and student loan repayment awards to primary care, dental care, and mental health care providers who agree to work in areas that HRSA designates as having a shortage of those particular types of providers.)

HRSA must also publish data comparing the availability and need of general surgery services in urban, suburban, and rural areas.

On the basis of its study, HRSA may establish a methodology for designating general surgery shortage areas and make such designations. If any designations are made, HRSA must publish a list of general surgery shortage areas.

What's happening now March 30, 2023

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 1781 Identical bill Ensuring Access to General Surgery Act of 2023
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 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 1 Republican 2
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Barrasso, John
Wyoming · Mar 30, 2023
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Cantwell, Maria
Washington · Mar 30, 2023
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Marshall, Roger
Kansas · Mar 30, 2023
Sinema, Kyrsten
· Mar 30, 2023
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1140: Ensuring Access to General Surgery Act of 2023. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-1140/
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"S. 1140: Ensuring Access to General Surgery Act of 2023." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-1140/.
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S. 1140, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-1140/.
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